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Rolling Stone (No. 975, p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[H]is sixth and best disc....[Kanye] West is the producer Common has been waiting for all of his career: He makes Common both catchier and edgier at the same time..."Spin (p.63) - Ranked #17 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "Bathed in throwback soul and lively drums, Common suddenly sounded like the seer he'd always hoped he was."Spin (p.102) - "[With] '70s-soul string samples, store-front-church piano tinkling, chipmunk gospel vocal hooks....Common's remarkably hungry raps push it along." - Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly (No. 821/822, p.136) - "[T]he marriage of [Common's] conscious rhymes to [Kanye] West's gritty, boho-inflected production boasts more organic freshness than a Whole Foods Market..." - Grade: A-Uncut (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[The record] offers a rich jukebox of gospel-tinged R&B flavours over which Common scatters his gems."Mojo (Publisher) (p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "BE succeeds through its sense of focus and poignancy."Paste (magazine) - "The soul and jazz-loop landscapes the producers set Common against highlight his classic, laidback flow..."64.34372

Q (5/95, p.125) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Morrison uses his songs as mantras or meditations, where the music is intended to take the singer, and the listener, towards more contemplative states of consciousness..."63.99685

Spin (p.85) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hings really rev up on latter-half tracks such as 'Circuits of Fever,' which crackles with the colorful chaos of vintage Mars Volta."Entertainment Weekly (p.68) - "COMMON EXISTENCE is long on complicated instrumental textures and twisty-turny song structures..."Alternative Press (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] is able to jump from slash-and-burn epics to huge, eerie washes of sound to '90s throwback post-hardcore with ease."Billboard (p.33) - "Thursday's Epitaph debut melds the band's hardcore influences with shoegaze and atmospheric elements..."Kerrang (Magazine) (p.54) - "COMMON EXISTENCE is their best album in years....['Friends In The Armed Forces' is a] major highlight, a shock of driving, riff-laden rock so invasive that it reaches down your throat and grabs you by the guts."Q (Magazine) (p.93) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's the changes of mood provided by the likes of cerebral centrepiece 'Time's Arrow' that really sets Common Existence apart."Blender (Magazine) (p.64) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Album No. 5 -- their first for indie stalwart Epitaph -- amps up the band's aggro guitars, cookie-monster yells and proggy ambition."45.90127

Spin (p.85) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hings really rev up on latter-half tracks such as 'Circuits of Fever,' which crackles with the colorful chaos of vintage Mars Volta."Entertainment Weekly (p.68) - "COMMON EXISTENCE is long on complicated instrumental textures and twisty-turny song structures..."Alternative Press (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The album] is able to jump from slash-and-burn epics to huge, eerie washes of sound to '90s throwback post-hardcore with ease."Billboard (p.33) - "Thursday's Epitaph debut melds the band's hardcore influences with shoegaze and atmospheric elements..."Kerrang (Magazine) (p.54) - "COMMON EXISTENCE is their best album in years....['Friends In The Armed Forces' is a] major highlight, a shock of driving, riff-laden rock so invasive that it reaches down your throat and grabs you by the guts."Q (Magazine) (p.93) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's the changes of mood provided by the likes of cerebral centrepiece 'Time's Arrow' that really sets Common Existence apart."Blender (Magazine) (p.64) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Album No. 5 -- their first for indie stalwart Epitaph -- amps up the band's aggro guitars, cookie-monster yells and proggy ambition."45.90127